True, but in that case the vehicle sticker had pressures listed that
were way below the tire max. What Larry Chase was warning against is
using pressures above the tire maximum. The VW Vanagon tire sticker
pressures are reasonable for the size of the tire and load capacity of
the vehicle as long as proper tires are fitted. Over the years the
sticker data turned into a bit of a mess since VW adjusted the sticker
to reflect that tires that actually came on the given year vehicle. Now
we are left to figure out reasonable pressures for tires that are not
the same ones. That is what Larry is working on. Significantly exceeding
the maximum rated pressure of a tire is not reasonable, IMO.

Mark

Larry Alofs wrote:

> Larry Chase wrote:
>
>> Volks,
>>
>>
>> - The door sticker is a very valuable piece of info.
>> - Over inflating tires is dangerous
>>
>> If you are running tires that are the same size as OE and have the same
>> specs as OE .... Then following the door sticker (Silver Sticker) info.
>>
>> Vehicle manf's do a lot of testing to determine these requirments.
>>
>
> One interpretation of the F*rd Exploder/Firest*ne fuss from a few years
> ago was that the manufacturer recommended pressures that were too low so
> that the vehicle's ride would seem less harsh.  This may have caused
> overheating and early failure.
>
> Larry A.
>